Double Mountain's Killer Green is always a favorite among the fresh-hop crop, and this year especially so, because it won top honors in the blind-tasting of Concordia Ale House's Fresh Hop-a-palooza, meaning that it was the favorite fresh hop beer of the 240 patrons who bought taster tray, tasted the beers and voted for their favorite. As a service to mankind, Double Mountain's Charlie Devereux just posted a list of where KG is pouring, and here it is:

Bend
Brother Jon’s
Summit Saloon
900 Wall
Here's the story I wrote in 2007 about Charlie's account of making the first batch of KG

There's a story behind every fresh hop beer -- behind every beer, really -- and Charlie Devereux was kind enough to share the story behind the brewery's excellent fresh hop beer.

Sept. 6, 6:15 a.m.: I loaded my daughter Sophie, still in PJs, into her carseat and headed down I-5 to meet hop grower Doug Weathers at his processing plant just north of Salem. Doug snagged us two big sackfuls of moist, beautiful Crystal hops straight off the conveyor. A hundred bucks and a 1/4-barrel of Kolsch later, we were headed back north.

"The return trip was intense ... stuck in morning rush-hour traffic in a Honda Element with nearly 100 pounds of thoroughly intoxicating fresh hops. Let's just say I have the signature aroma of those Crystals hard-wired in my memory bank. (Can you say "orange peel"?) The Element reeked for days.

Charlie DevereuxSophie took fresh hops to her show-and-tell that morning.

"Dropped Sophie off at preschool that morning with possibly the most unusual Show 'n' Tell entry of the year.

"By the time I got to Hood River, Matt was loading in malt for the brew which would become our Killer Green Fresh Hop IPA. It rings in at about 7% ABV and 60 BU, and features all the juicy and mouth-coatingly resinous qualities that make Northwest fresh hop beers such a welcome treat.